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Quoted on the unusual confluence of drought, rising input costs, and trade policy pressures facing U.S. farmers, and their implications for food prices.

Coverage of research showing that investments in agricultural productivity can simultaneously boost output and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from farming.

Interviewed on declining public investment in U.S. agricultural R&D and its implications for productivity growth and climate adaptation.

Quoted on the impact of federal cuts to agricultural research on farmers already contending with climate stress and rising input costs.

David Wallace-Wells' opinion piece on climate change, food systems, and prices, drawing on research on agricultural productivity and climate.

Interviewed on the apparent paradox between rising crop yields and the documented drag of climate change on agricultural productivity growth.

Republication of a feature on the paradox between rising yields and the productivity drag of climate change — context on methods and interpretation.

Coverage of research linking extreme heat exposure to increases in both chronic and acute child malnutrition across five West African countries.

Announcement of appointment as a climate and agricultural economics advisor to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Coverage of research finding that anthropogenic climate change has reduced global agricultural total factor productivity since 1961.

Coverage of research identifying heat stress — rather than drought — as the primary driver of projected yield declines under climate change.

Coverage of climate change impacts on U.S. Midwest agriculture and the political and economic pressures facing farming communities.

Coverage of research on the risks of concentrated corn–soy specialization in the U.S. Midwest under a changing climate.

Coverage of research on regional heterogeneity in climate change impacts on U.S. agriculture, with the Midwest identified as particularly at risk.